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Jack Cockrell
I am a music producer, songwriter, mixing and mastering engineer, sound designer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and musical artist. Yeah, I know, it's a mouthful. Basically, if it involves music, I am super into it. I recently became a full-time freelancer in the music space, having dabbled in it for around 10 years. I started playing guitar at 7 years old, and I am now almost 30 (almost!). Music has been a main part of my life since I formed memories. I literally cannot remember a time before music. I adore every aspect of creating and working on music, from starting a song to mastering and polishing the final piece. It's all incredible. I've worked on many projects over the years, including my own. I release pop/indie music where I do everything, from writing to recording to mixing to mastering, and I even create all the content around it. I do this under the name Mauve Shores. A big passion of mine is metal/alternative music, so I release music with my band Midnight Paradise. The band is literally me and my best mates, so it's super fun. I do everything except for play drums and bass in that. The final project I release under is called Heavy Blink, and I put out LoFi Beats. I've even had tracks reach over 250k streams on Spotify. Outside of my own projects, I have worked in a variety of genres. I've written, produced, mixed, and mastered pop songs for the artist No False Feelin', one of which got in the UK Top 40 Spotify playlist and has almost 1 million streams. I currently create drum and bass remixes for a client, some of which have over 2 million streams. I've done mixes for events such as a dance recital and a business event. I've also done some audio cleanup and sound design for a live voice over group that do their anime in person. Right now I am working on a mixture of my own stuff, and with clients. For example, I am beginning to produce, mix, and master a death metal album, and also at the same time a teen pop style song. I love the variety that comes with this line of work. I am also super nerdy about the gear and technology revolving around music. I could talk for days about my favorite plugins for specific things. Don't even get me started on EQs. I began as just a guitar player, so my gear obsession has definitely been more towards pedals, but the more I got into production, the more this expanded to everything. Outside of music, I am into a lot of different things. I love to connect with nature, whether this is through hikes or even making terrariums. I really enjoy skateboarding, playing rugby, and running. I'm also into creating things in general, I always have some DIY projects going, whether that is woodwork, or electronics. Before going full-time as a freelancer, I was a software developer for 6 years, so programming is something I still enjoy and do in my free time. Of course, we can't forget about how much I enjoy spending time with my wife and my friends.
